# Rips from vinyl - Help **URL:** \ **Category:** Music\ **Created:** [29 November 2022 21:36 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/rips-from-vinyl-help/674 "2022-11-29T21:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RichieHavers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/richiehavers/32/335_2.png) [@RichieHavers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/RichieHavers)\ **Post date:** [29 November 2022 21:36 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/rips-from-vinyl-help/674/1 "2022-11-29T21:36:30Z")
Hello, I’ve been slowly selling my records on Discogs and making fairly crappy rips of them before I do. Anyone any decent pointers? I’ve a Traktor Z2 which I believe the phono stage is rubbish on. I’ve also got an old Vestax VMC-004FXu. How do you do it? And what do you do after to make it lush for playing out? Cheers ---
**Author:** ![MrH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/mrh/32/274_2.png) [@MrH](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MrH)\ **Post date:** [29 November 2022 22:26 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/rips-from-vinyl-help/674/2 "2022-11-29T22:26:26Z")
I very rarely rip vinyl these days. Sounds as your set up is better than mine anyway. Used to do it from the Technics turntable to a Numark mixer with just basic Audacity. Now got a Reloop RMX44 with a USB connection to the computer. Used to save them as WAV files but now mp3 on the highest setting. I’m old now and my hearing is not so good, so I can’t really tell if the quality is good enough. Had no complaints from my listeners on Mixcloud & Internet radio stations. ---
**Author:** ![TSH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@TSH](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/TSH)\ **Post date:** [13 December 2022 09:09 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/rips-from-vinyl-help/674/3 "2022-12-13T09:09:58Z")
1st I clean the record with a 50/50 mix of isopropyl and deionised water. then using a hi-fi cart (not a dj cart )record using a little bear pre-amp that feeds the analog inputs of a Audient interface.once edited I save as flac ---
**Author:** ![Ant.Plate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/ant.plate/32/289_2.png) [@Ant.Plate](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Ant.Plate)\ **Post date:** [13 December 2022 10:41 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/rips-from-vinyl-help/674/4 "2022-12-13T10:41:29Z")
+1 for pre-cleaning prior to ripping… if you have many vinyls to rip either in one session, or over time, then its worth investing in a decent tool to help. Its worth speaking to Warwick at Vinyl People - [Vinylpeople.co.uk](https://www.facebook.com/vinylpeople.co.uk/) - he’s got a cleaning spool/matt for 7"s \> 12"s that makes things MUCH easier en masse. Im not gonna comment on gear to capture. But post audio capture it may be worth doing some audio jiggery-pokery to ensure the levels standup to digitally mastered versions - possibly DJ’d either side of your capture. And yes, I know that’s why Gain exists on your mixer, but nonetheless… sometimes normalization can help. So for those who can’t Master music yourself then there are a few audio apps that might help - WARNING: tread carefully here though, you don’t want to crush the sound or inadvertently amp up the crackles/pops… > **[Free Online Audio File Volume Maximizer | Russell Good Web Development](https://www.russellgood.com/audio-tools/volume-maximizer/)** > > Free online audio file volume maximizer to increase volume of MP3, AAC, OGG, Wav, AIFF, WMA, FLAC, ALAC and any other audio file format. > **[MP3Gain](https://mp3gain.sourceforge.net)** > > MP3Gain - A free automatic mp3 volume normalizer > **[Platinum Notes - Improve Your Music Collection (Audio Software)](https://www.platinumnotes.com)** > > Drop in your music files. Platinum Notes will make them sound perfect. > **[Volume Changer - Increase or decrease loudness online](https://mp3cut.net/change-volume)** > > Increase and decrease the volume of audio files